Autotel MCP Server

by jagreehal

MCP server for AI agents to investigate OpenTelemetry traces, metrics, and logs

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context tax

pending

security

97/100

cold start

pending

freshness

Activetoday

Our reading of Autotel, from the data

Autotel is a monitoring & observability MCP server from jagreehal.

We haven't measured its tool list yet, so its token cost is unknown.

Maintenance is active: the last public signal was in the last day (2026-10-18). For comparison, 62% of monitoring & observability servers are active or maintained.

With 8 GitHub stars it ranks #149 of 797 monitoring & observability servers we index.

It runs locally on your machine over stdio.

Install Autotel MCP server

claude mcp add autotel -- npx -y autotel-mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "autotel": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "autotel-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json (global) or .cursor/mcp.json (project).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "autotel": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "autotel-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Settings → Developer → Edit Config (claude_desktop_config.json), then restart.

{
  "servers": {
    "autotel": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "autotel-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Add to .vscode/mcp.json in your workspace.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "autotel": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "autotel-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Add to ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json.

Security signals

97/100 — no known issues found as of 2026-10-19, from the checks below. This is not a guarantee of safety; review what a server can do before connecting it.

Deductions

No security policy (SECURITY.md)-3

Checks

✓Repository hygiene (archived, activity, license, security policy)
○Package metadata (install scripts, provenance) — pending
○Tool descriptions (prompt-injection and hidden-text heuristics) — pending
○Source scan (secrets, CVEs, risky code) by vectra-guard — pending

Scan it yourself before installing with vectra-guard, the open-source agent security CLI. Scoring rules

Freshness

Active — last maintenance signal today. The newest of the signals below sets the band.

Last commit (default branch)
2026-10-18 · today · GitHub
Latest release
2026-09-27 · 21d ago · GitHub · autotel-aws@1.3.0
Package published
no data · npm/PyPI
Registry entry updated
no data · official registry

How it compares in Monitoring & Observability

Against the most-starred monitoring & observability servers we index. Token cost is per model turn, measured from each server's live tool list.

Server	Stars	Tools	Tokens / turn	Freshness	Runs
Autotel (this)	8	—	not measured	Active	local
Netdata	81,005	—	not measured	Active	hosted
Firecrawl	7,634	3	4,383	Active	local + hosted
Browser Tools	7,327	—	not measured	Active	local
Kubefwd	4,177	—	not measured	Active	local
Radar Kubernetes	3,851	—	not measured	Active	hosted

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FAQ

›How do I install the Autotel MCP server in Claude Code?

Run: claude mcp add autotel -- npx -y autotel-mcp. For Cursor, VS Code, Claude Desktop and Windsurf, use the install tabs above.

›Does Autotel require an API key?

No required environment variables are declared in its published metadata.

›Can I use Autotel as a remote (hosted) MCP server?

No hosted endpoint is published; it runs locally over stdio.

›Is Autotel in the official MCP registry?

No. It was indexed from npm.

Sources and method

GitHub repository: fetched 2026-10-19
Package registry (npm / PyPI): listed
Security signals, computed by us: 2026-10-19
Last checked against all sources: 2026-10-19

The description, packages and links come from the maintainer's own published metadata. Token cost, security signals, freshness and the reading above are MCPSkillHub's own measurements; see the methodology. Spot an error? Request a correction or claim the listing.